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A BLACK HOLE SHOT OUT A BRIGHT X-RAY JET 60,000 TIMES HOTTER THAN THE SUN

Astronomers stared deep into the heart of a hungry black hole, only to discover a jet of A X-rays beaming out of it that’s 60,000 times hotter than the surface of the Sun. Quasars are black holes with bright energetic jets of electromagnetic radiation beaming out of them from two sides as they feed on cosmic material. The quasar is known as SMSS J114447.77–430859.3 and is the most luminous example of such an object

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